New Year Resolution

My New Year resolution is to grow stronger in both body and mind, to be more wiser to pull out the people that are in the pits of despair. Everyone that will graduate in 2011 will become the next generation and they will become the best because I have finally chosen to become the light that shines in the darkness. This is not for me this is for everyone because I want everyone to have a better future to not be sad, but to be happy all the time. I want to finally show people the way and I want to do it better then I have ever done before. I am the Light that shines in the darkness, and I will turn everyone I meet into lights I will change people to become better to become the best. I am not writing history but I am insuring that they will, I am gonna give them the courage to write something in the tablet of time. To make their stories, I will not change the world I will only change them and then they will change the world. I will finally become the Light something that I have ignored for to long. I will show the way and I will show them everything. I will make sure there is no more darkness. I am gonna make sure that I become what I have thought was gonna be to much a responsibility for, I will become the Light.
From this day forward goodness will be found even in the darkest hearts.

If I was ruler of the world

Ok just to clarify I would never be ruler of the world one because I think total chaos will ensue and that I don't think that I'm worthy enough for that. Anyway...
A border is just something that separates and that just causes problems form home issues to worldly problems. If I could change that I would, I would just tear it down. All a border does is separate ideas, people, and most importantly problems. My friends they don't stay away when someone has problems you know what they do they help with them. They aren't selfish is what they are which is why they inspire me, they are my inspiration. If everyone could learn from my friends the world could probably better. The world isn't ruled by adults they are ruled by children it has since the first humans appeared. Chaos is what people believe will happen if the border gets torn down, that won't happen if we just learn together, work together, eat together, laugh together just do everything together. Alone we have no power but together we can do anything. Together is the key word here the some of us think that it is just the U.S. is the only one with problems but if you just expand your perspective you will see everyone does all we need to do is take one step not for our own selfish desires but to do something unselfish and help someone else with their problems. How do you change the world? With one random act of kindness at a time. If we do that then the world will be better all we need to do is just listen and see our environment. See what needs fixing and hear the people calling for a savior.

The Convergence

I believe peace will only be found if and only if we all combine as one. One country doesn't matter any more we need to focus on one world. Right now everything is separated and for one reason we still act like animals. Why do we call ourselves humans if we still act like animals? Enough of the instincts crap if we call ourselves humans how come we still act like animals. The reason is because we haven't learned to live together to work as one. The Convergence is my only theory but it's the riskiest one I have thought of because it has two paths peace and chaos. All wars end, if thats true then how come we still live through the war that involves not land, not religion nor money. The war that involves what we define as human are we savages like animals or are we what we call ourselves intelligent creatures. If we are so intelligent then how come we still fight with one another how come we could only be friends with the people we respect or have common interest. We are all different which makes us the same so why can't anyone understand that? Yes we are different but that doesn't mean we should hate others for their differences. If we do we just cause more freaking wars battles don't matter anymore nor do wars. Stop trying to win stop trying it isn't the answer the only answer is peace and there are millions of ways to acquire it the best one is to call a truce. It doesn't matter if we hate each other all that matters is that we can learn to live together. Do not just learn from the past but also the present when that happens you know what is right. Alone we are powerless but together even the impossible is possible.

how HTHCV will benifit the border region

As teenagers we will not be heard through our physical voice, we will only be heard from the voice of our writings. All we can do is influence others, but how can a couple of ninth graders do that? The answer is simple, we need to motivate not just the school but everyone, the internet being the fastest way because of one reason billions of people access it everyday, and everyday billions of people read something that moves them. So this is what we should do motivate everyone we can show them a different perspective one that is cleaner and more pure then what they have seen so far. We are opening the door to billions of people, it is just their choice to decide to go through. We alone can do nothing but together we can do anything this is what I have learned in the past, and it is these teachings that has shown me that the world is seperated and no one is working together. Right now all we can do is inspire and influence until we the next generation grow-up and show what we have seen growing up and change what we thought was imperfect back then. We all may be young but right now at this age we see the world through pure eyes not something that involves profit. It is these pure eyes that says that we are young and that we are right because we see something people don't want to see when they want to make their lives better and that is that we must do bad things to get to happier places. I myself say this isn't true in every case we go through our lives we need to understand that we can also do good things to get to better places.

Stereotypes

We are all different which makes us all the same this is the common thread that everyone walks on. If this is true then why are there stereotypes? The answer lies in the truth, we are all different and it is these differences that causes these stereotypes. Throughout history we have judged people because of what one individual does. Why do we judge people because of one persons doing how come after 9/11 we just started saying all Iraqis can build bombs. History is supposed to help us learn from our past mistakes but then why do we make more, history has a part to play in this also, history causes these stereotypes but when we start getting to know people individually we learn that stereotypes don't exist that they are just obstacles keeping people from understanding that you can't judge a book by it's cover. Yet day after day we keep on with these stereotypes the reason is this the way we were raised, the way our parents raise us molds our perspective on life. In the past I used to think that everyone was nice but then things happened that made me wonder about people entirely, and it is this pondering that gave me the answer everybody is different and that you shouldn't treat them differently just because of what's on the outside. Stereotypes are the lessons of our history and our fathers, which is why I'm begging anyone that reads this that you should only learn from mistakes made in history and that you should act not as your father but as yourself. You are your own person and you don't have to have somebody tell you otherwise.

Story Ideas

Well this is the I think the second time I ask to get your opinion. Anyway I need opinions on which story idea I should do first and I'm asking for opinions because it's hard for me to choose and I mean really difficult anyway here are the story ideas.

The Brain and Brawn Condition:
A boy is born with a rare condition. A friend will try to decode his journals to describe the moments the condition started taking affect to the pint it will kill him.

The Soul Keeper:
A girl has lost a boy for whom she had deep emotions for. The day before his death he gave her an orb with a leaf inside, which leads her to his book shortly after his death. She now finds herself in a war between good and evil and both sides are after the book to change the world.

The Battle of the F.I.=
A boy has fallen victim to a nuclear bomb that has split him into two people. One is evil while the other is good. One controls fire while the other controls ice. thus the battle begins.

Nova:
It is the nova era here on earth and the sun is about to die. Only the man who controls fire that is told in legend is able to save the earth.

Crystals:
A boy with the unique ability to manipulate crystals has fallen prey to his future. To save th world. He has just begun knowing how dangerous his powers are. will the future kill him or give him a chance.

The Inventors

Exactly what invented the things that we use everyday now. People built it but what made it? I believe children did, they have done this for centuries. If we never had the phase in our lives where we were all small and had it. Imagination, without a child's imagination exactly where would we be? How would everything look like? In my opinion everything would look dull and lifeless, we need that stage in our lives because it let's imagination be more innocent and colorful. We see the world made from great inventors who were in their thirties to eighties. But the imagination that they have it doesn't come from the imagination they have at the time they invented it, it comes from the child they were once. As we grow older our imagination slowly disintegrates but our ideas still stay as fresh as the day we thought of them. So exactly who do we have to be thankful for the people who are grown on the outside or the ones who still have the pure imagination of a child. Adults may have built an item but it is a child who made the item.

Strength

What exactly is strength, how muscular a person is or is it the size of someones IQ or is it something else. I think strength is what a person is good at, but I think more on the subject such as love. Love is something I believe is every humans strength. What does a mother do when their child is under a piece of lumber? She finds the strength to lift it and save her child. What does a man do when the person he loves is trapped in a flaming car? He tears off the car door and lifts her out. Some of us might find strength in not our physical body but in our mental body, what is better to beat someone into a pulp or find better solutions. Words have power and if you combine them with your mental body you find that you can use words that will leave people in awe. So if you are ripping off a door or if you are catching billions of peoples attention with just a few sentences. Wonder this, were does this strength come from. I'll just tell you this, strength is something you need to work at, even if you are gifted you need to understand it is never easy to obtain something wanted you need to work on it. But be wise, for how you use a strength matters entirely. My opinion is always to use a strength for the greater good and never for your selfish desires.

Depression

It hurts in so many ways that you can't even count that high. It can happen any way the worse is selves the loss of a loved one. Some people want to kill themselves others just turn cold; I went through the cold one and now I have no idea how an emotion is supposed to feel like. When you lose a loved one you fell like you lost everything. I just want to tell those who go through this you haven't. Just stop and think before you do something horrible would your loved one really want you to do this. I doubt it they would want you to stay happy and live a good life. Just look around a t what you have and you see you still have great friends, loving guardians. You may think that no one cares about you anymore but I want to say there is at least one person who still cares about you. So drop the knife, drop the match, don't you even dare of jumping off, don't even think of hanging yourself don't dare do anything that you know will make someone else depressed. Think about the consequences if you kill yourself then someone else will think that their life is bad and do the same things you did. So don't walk into the darkness walk into the light, be happy but don't think that it will come easily you have to work for happiness. There is never no end just new beginnings. So be happy because you still have a life ahead of you that is always worth fighting for. It is never the end it is just another beginning.

Why Countries Have Borders

In my mind I wonder so many things about this. Fear, power, culture, a sense of independence or maybe it is to show that when you cross into someones territory you have to follow their own laws. Whatever the case I see that it is shameful either way. Yes they were built to show a transition from one country to another, but what I find shameful is how we don't combine together. Why must we stay separate? We all are raised a different way that is true and we hate people that are different then us. Yet some us look beyond that and see something that is pure, the spirit. We all may have been taught differently but we are all the same. Why do we think we are different from everyone else when we aren't. Listen closely to everything around you and think of everything you hear. You will sense that everything is the same they all have something in common. Perhaps that is why they have borders so people won't find any spiritual enlightenment or the other which is total war because we barely know how to live together, because in our minds we think everyone is different. Well I just want to say one thing we are just like everyone else we just don't like to admit it.

Anger

To me anger is not a gift but a curse, because my anger is an uncontrolled rage and once activated it cannot be stopped unless of course someone of great importance to me is there to calm me down. I have seen the fear in peoples' eyes when they have seen me truly angry to me it is heartbreaking. I don't want my friends to fear me nor do i want to see them hurt. Anger is an emotion and like all other emotions it can be controlled. It boils inside of you until you have to let it out, your eyes of judgment become cloudy and you find yourself yelling out things that don't even make sense. To some this feels good because you are filled with power and you want it to last forever. To me it is a continuous struggle between my mind and body. I know what I can do to someone if i tried which is what scares me. Everyday I find myself worrying if i will lose control and hurt someone. If you treat anger as a gift a congratulate you because you can do what i can't, use it. If you treat it as a curse let me tell you just this if you ever find you lose control don't take it on the person who did it but take it out on something inanimate that way you cause no damage to anyone. Find your Yin I should say, the good side of yourself and unleash it let someone be your balance, to make sure you are always in control and not your anger.

How Mexico benifit the U.S. and vice versa

I believe that these two countries help each other in a variety of ways unfortunately I don't know them but that doesn't mean I haven't researched. I believe food is a good topic so let us start with that. Now for those who have been to Mexico if you have seen those cactus that look like they are raising their arms well those cactus have now become a healthy salad topping. They have found out that those cactus are really nutritious and have high protein levels which is a wonder on my part. I have seen so many different types of things at the supermarket that have Mexican origin and vice versa if you have ever been to the Costco in TJ let me just say that place is filled with a lot of stuff from the U.S. mostly electronics. You see in Mexico anything edible is cheap but electronics are expensive more expensive then what most things cost here. The trade of food is simple but I electronic devices are hard to come by in Mexico which is why they are so expensive. Anyway before I go off topic I have to say military is another, these countries are good allies if not there would be a war going on in my backyard and I meant that literally. There is so much more on this but I can't cover it all due to the fact that I have too many perspectives on this subject.

My opinion on titles

Nerds, jocks, populars, geeks, what gives us the right to give people titles? They are just people aren't they? I believe we give people titles because we fear them. Thats why i was never given a title of any sort because unlike most people in the world i don't take control by taking advantage of peoples fears. I treat them the way I want them to treat me, with respect. Some think that kindness is a weak trait well I just want to say it is a strength. Why are we determined by the way we dress and act in public? I think it is shameful the way we judge people, I haven't seen anyone actually think of what they say. They just blurt things out without thinking, so who are we to say what a persons title is. To some a person could be a geek but to others that person is the coolest person ever. I see this every day, people giving rude titles to some poor person who already has it bad. Yet I never see anybody defending those people. What is on the line? My answer is nothing there is nothing ever on the line if you do what you believe is the right thing to do. I want someone to prove me wrong otherwise.

Friends

Everyone needs a friend, for they need us. A friend is someone who cares about your thoughts and

feelings. They help you in more ways then one. i believe that without friends most of us will be lost

in the dark tunnel called life. To me friends are my wings, they help me soar into the sky higher

then i can imagine. Those without friends stay grounded while those who do soar freely into the

sky. Friends cure us in both heart & mind. We cannot live without friends without feeling like

something is missing. Friends are a piece of a persons puzzle and without them we are incomplete.

Who i am

Who am I? I honestly don’t know myself; when I asked myself that question I couldn’t find the answer.
I used to think I was just a kid with a title-- Andres, but the more I thought of it the more I realized I am
more than just a kid with a name. I kept looking for the answer to that question and found out that I
have only answered parts of the question. I have only just scratched the surface of myself which makes
me wonder who I am really. Am I just Andres or am I something more? Every day I find out more and
more about myself. What describes a person who is smart, emotional, deep, intimidating, strong, and so
much more? Do you know because I don’t? I’ll probably never know myself; to everyone I am too
complex and I agree with them. I don’t really understand myself. I have only just seen parts of me and I
know there is more but what is it?
Over the summer I found two parts of me that I have never seen, how far have I dug in my heart and
how much deeper can I dig. I think of my other parts as multiple personalities each with a different
ability. I have found seven parts of me so far, and I know there are more parts of me left. It’s almost like a
puzzle really; piece after piece will fit with each other until they finally make the picture they are
supposed to make. These parts don’t give themselves names and I don’t want to name them (except I did
name one) but I will describe them.
My first part of me is the one that is always the most common to notice. That part is always thinking
looking for answers to life questions, and is the one that seems to procrastinate most of the time. I seem to
live in a different state of mind, all fantasy and sorrow. This part of me sees how horrible and destructive
the world is and always seems to dream on how that part could make things better. that part sees how the
world is so tainted in greed and power, every flaw which is why I always seem to stare. Even though I
see the world so tainted when I view into the eyes of a person I see no flaw. This part of me is to me very
helpful but weird to other people.
The second part of me I discovered during soccer. That part always seems to come out each time they
score twice on me. I play goalie during soccer; when that second goal goes in I find myself messing my
hair until it stands up on its own. For some bizarre reason I’m actually more focused but more aggressive
which I actually don’t like about that part of me, but when I am in that stage no one is able to score
anymore. In a way this part of me is a good part for everyone. My teammates never have to worry about
losing, but it saddens me how come I can never use that focus during class. After a soccer game I will
always ask myself if I can summon my focus without bringing out my aggressive side. This part of me is
almost like an uncontrolled balance between yin and yang; both will keep fighting until the end.
My third discovery is the only one I named. His name is Fluffy and that part comes out when I am
extremely bored. Just like my second, that part messes up my hair, but makes it puffier, almost like a
fluffy dog. That one is really entertaining this personality can make anyone laugh but that part of me does
it in really bizarre ways. Fluffy is like the comedian in me except that part doesn’t have many puns that
part just uses physical humor as his weapon of choice. Everyone likes that part of me but that part of me
can be very weird sometimes and completely random. This part of me is to me a good part no bad part in
it except for the fact that that part of me will become annoying after a while, but besides that Fluffy is
really cool.
The fourth one I would consider normal but a bit meaner, that part of me came out in seventh grade this
part of me I hate, and it always gets me into trouble. This one talk’s way too much, doesn’t listen to the
teacher, talks back to the teacher and hurts and insults friends and family. By the time I snap out of that
one I find myself either in detention, the principal’s office, my room or at a far away distance from my
friends thinking of how big of an idiot I have been. This part of me comes out when I am so annoyed, that
it is part is pretty harsh and annoying. I really don’t like this part of me and no one else does either, this
part is like a monkey that has been caged and then let lose inside someone’s house, this part is very, very
aggravating.
The fifth piece of my puzzle is a bit of a writer, this part of me always writes of death, love and fantasy.
The death this part of me thinks of isn’t an ugly death but this part tries to capture beautiful deaths. This
part thinks that a beautiful death is sad, beautiful and artistic, and that part is probably right. A beautiful
death is like a painting, a piece of art that is worth a tear. Sadness and sorrow drives this part of me out
and then follows it by an urge to write. Sometimes I look back at my writing and wonder who the heck
wrote it. This part is very helpful when I have to write essays or I want to write just to relieve my stress.
To everyone this part is of me is an intelligent person who has a way with words, but to me that part is
just someone who relieves my anger and stress.
My sixth part is the intelligent part of me; he comes out when I am very, very confused, as confused as
a child who spun around to many times. When I am in that type of confusion that part of me comes out
and starts observing everything almost like a detective really. This part just starts splitting things apart
this part knows and sees flaws, and practically knows everything really. The problem with this part is that
it always tries to stay a little longer like it wants to live, almost like it wants to control me which is why I
don’t like using that part too much. Yet this part of me is very helpful when it comes to a very
complicated problem, but it never comes out during tests which is another reason I don’t like this part of
me it never helps me when I need it. To everyone this part is annoying because it criticizes too much.
The last part of me I have discovered is deep and compassionate and loves to give people advice that
part of me is my favorite so far. This part always seems to come out when a friend is having problems;
my sensitive side is what this part is. This part is so wise and so deep this part seems almost poetic in a
way. This part is so down to earth it knows what reality is and how to conquer it, this part is to me a good
part it puts others before itself, it will never hurt anyone’s feelings and it learns from the past. Almost like
a historian it learns from the past and makes sure it does not repeat. Maybe that is why it is so wise and
helpful it learns from past mistakes and ensures that it can mold a future by looking back. Everyone this
part of me has helped has literally fallen in love with it, as if this part of me had the scent of love potion
#37. To me this part is my teacher of happiness it’s advice on reality is almost professional, which is
probably why it is one of my favorite parts of me.
All of these parts are my puzzle each one will fit to another, but I yet to find puzzle pieces that are
missing. My full human being, the one that was whole before it was shattered, will show again when I
have found all the missing pieces and fit them together. Right know I am just a jumbled up Rubik’s cube
that needs to be put into its original form. When I have accomplished that I, Andes Flores, will be able to
do what each part of me can do and so much more. I am who I am just a kid whose eyes aren’t polluted
by the world but his soul is lost in the darkest corners of his mind. I am Andres Flores the picture of
all my puzzle pieces put together, a collage of everything that describes everything about me yet I have
yet to find more of myself. Right now I am wondering through the darkness searching helplessly for
myself and without a flashlight. I could only see parts of myself in the darkness and sometimes they just
pop out of nowhere scaring me when I see them because of what they do. Right now I’m just a a boy lost
in the darkest corners of my mind and the only thing that keeps me intact is that I know who I am I am
Andres Flores.